《Ballad of October 16th》歌词

[00:00:00] Ballad of October 16th - Almanac Singers

[00:00:03] Written by：Millard Lampell

[00:00:07] It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shing bright

[00:00:12] They passed the conscription bill

[00:00:17] And the people they did say for many miles away

[00:00:22] 'Twas the president and his boys on capitol hill

[00:00:27] Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt

[00:00:32] We damned near believed what he said

[00:00:37] He said I hate war and so does Eleanor

[00:00:42] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead

[00:00:56] When my poor old mother died I was sitting by her side

[00:01:02] A promising to war I'd never go

[00:01:06] But now I'm wearing khaki jeans and eating army beans

[00:01:11] And I'm told that J P morgan loves me so

[00:01:17] I have wandered o'er this land a roaming working man

[00:01:22] No clothes to wear and not much food to eat

[00:01:26] But now the government foots the bill

[00:01:28] Gives me clothes and feeds me swill

[00:01:31] Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet

[00:01:35] Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt

[00:01:40] We damned near believed what he said

[00:01:45] He said I hate war and so does Eleanor

[00:01:49] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead

[00:02:03] Why nothing can be wrong if it makes our country strong

[00:02:08] We got to get tough to save democracy

[00:02:12] And though it may mean war

[00:02:14] We must defend singapore

[00:02:16] This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me

[00:02:21] Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt

[00:02:26] We damned near believed what he said

[00:02:30] He said I hate war and so does Eleanor

[00:02:35] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead